Shadow on the land
Subtitle: a western story
By: Wayne D. Overholser
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Thorndike Press large print western; Thorndike Press large print Western series
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Waterville, Me
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9781410429605
Subjects: Large type books; Man-woman relationships; Railroad stories; Fiction
Description: Transportation in central Oregon is still by stagecoach and freight wagon, but there's a movement afoot for a people's railroad. Now competing railroad barons James J. Hill and Edward H. Harriman both set about building a line there. Their front men, Lee Dawes and Mike Quinn, have always competed for rights-of-way - and women. Attracted to Deborah Haig, Dawes is nettled to see her in an intimate meeting with Quinn. But there's something else about her ...